Guard-rail.



E. B. soon. GUARD RAIL. APPLICATION HLED-JHRA 57.1915.

Patented 2.

To all whom it may concern:

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' Application filed April 17,

Be it known that L-EARL B. Soon, a citizen o1": the-United States, and residentof Joliet, county of ill, and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guard-Rails, "of which the following is a specification.

Wherever railways are supported by trestle-work, such as bridges, elevated structures and the like, it is necessary to place guard rails transversely of the ties and parhllel to the rails to prevent the'cars, engines, etc, in case of derailmen, from leaving the trestle-work and incurring --gr1eat damage. Also the guard rails aid in preventing the ties from creeping and from being relatively displaced. The present guard rails arept/ wood and are bored and fitted to place after being delivered on the trestle-work. The

2.-swooden guard rails split and decay;, and

the bolt holes become enlarged, permitting movement, and soon the guard rails lose their 1 strength to oppose shocks to which 'ti'iey are subjected.

Also the 'ties are prevented from movement only by the bolts whichr pass through the ties andguard rails.

My invention includes a steel guard rail" provided with downwardly extending members to act between ties and thereby hold them in their relative positions without hav- Specification of Letters Patent.

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roman, ILLINOIS.

7R-AIL.

Patented (lot. 19, 1915. 1915. Serial nmaaoss.

asphalt'or, like substances, to prevent water lodging therein.

Further novel features will be seen by referring to the drawings, in which:

Figure-1 is-a plan view of a fragmentary portion? of trestle-work showing ties, a rail, and a guard rail constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1, showing the guard. rail with tiespacers and the application to the ties, Fig. 3 is a plan view of a fragmentary portion of trestle-work showing a modified form of guard rail, Fig. 4c is an end View of Fig. 3, and Fig, is sectional view on line 55 of "Fig. 3 showing a. filling material in the channel of the guard rail.

10 is a rail fastened to ties 1.1 by any suitable means. 12 is a guard rail embodying my improvements, bolted, as shown, near the ends of tiesll. 13 are bolts fastening guard rail :12 onto ties 11. As will be observed, the guard rail 12 has a'flat top and therefore can not retain water or snow. Two guard rails 12 are shown joined at 14. Between the tics 11 are downwardly-projecting tiespacers 15 integral with guard rail 12 and adapted to prevent the ties from bunchglng.

' In Figs; 3, 4, and 5 another type of guard ,rail 16 is shown formed 01. a standard or ing to depend upon the bolts through the [special channelsection with tie-spacers 17,

ties and guard rails. 7

One of the objects of :my invention is to provide a guard rail which cant-be formed; ready for application at its place "of manus faoture, making the drilling of the? holes in the ties ie only work necessary to-be done on tlu' trestle-work. 1

0th u objects will be apparent from the description.

I prcl'er to employ a guardrail ofa rolled section having the tie-spacers integral therewith. Holes for receiving the ,bolts are formed at proper intervals at the tnill where .the rails are made. Tris type requires no fabrication and is re dy for application as delivered. I

Another type. is formed from standard or special channel bars, therunners having shortpicces of channels riveted thereto'to form the tie-spacers. "The channel portion? of the runner may be filled with concrete,

also of channel ,section, riveted thereto. The length of the channel sections used for tiespacers is the same as the width of the guard rail 16. Bolts 16- fasten the guard rail 16 to the ties 11 in the same manner as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Abutting guard rails are fastened by any approved joint. One form is shown at 18 and consists of a plate 19 riveted to an end of one guard rail 16 and adapted to be bolted to the end of a contiguous guard rail. the bolts used for securing the tie plate 19 to the contiguous guard rail may be used. to

hold the tic-spacer 17 as shown at 20. If desired,;' concrete, asphalt or like materials, may beput into the U-shaped portion of the channel forming the guard rail 16 to prevent watt etc. from lodging therein, as shown atjZl';

\Vhile l have shown a channel section in Figs. '3 and 4., I do not consider my inven- As shown in Fig. 4,

metal guard rails parallel to tion limited thereto. The use of any standard or special section as and for the purpose described I consider as being" within the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invntiom'what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with railway ties and rails thereon, of metal guard rails adapted to be bolted to said ties parallel to said rails and provided with integral, downwardly-extending tie-spacing members tightly fitted between adjacent ties,bolt;s,, said bolts adapted to extend through said tiesd'nd said guard rails and project above the guard rails, and means for securing together the ends of adjacent'guard rails. 2. In trestle-work for railways, the combination of ties, railway rails thereon, and said railway rails and lying on said ties, bolts fastening said guard rails to said ties, tie-spacing members extending below the bottom surface of said guard rail and between adjacent ias'aeae ties, and means for fastening together the ends of contiguous guard rails, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the I combination with railway ties and rails thereon, of metal guard rails adapted to be bolted to said ties parallel to said rails and provided with integral downwardly-extending tie-spacing members fitting between adj acent ties, and means for securing together the ends of adjacent guard rails, substantially as described.

4L. In a tie-spacing device, the combination March, 1915. I I

EARL B. SCOTT.

"Witness:

N. A. MACDONALD. 

